One person is facing felony charges after a 49-year-old woman was shot and killed in Strongsville Friday night, according to the Strongsville Police Department.

At about 8:06 p.m., officers responded to the 22400 block of Rock Creek Circle after receiving reports of a shooting.

Once police arrived, they found the woman wounded by multiple gunshots and a 74-year-old man, Gene Tomcho, holding a handgun, the department said in a statement.

Police said when officers ordered Tomcho to put the gun down, he turned it and shot himself.

Both Tomcho and the woman were treated and transported to a local hospital by Strongsville Fire-Medics, police said.

According to the department, the woman died hours later at the hospital.

Tomcho is being treated in the hospital, police said.

The department

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